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νάρθηξ

νάρθηξ, giant fennel; stalk, cane, splint; narthex (forecourt of church)

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νάρθηκά Noun: masculine accusative singular of νάρθηξ

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νάρθηξ, ηκος, ὁ,
  • giant fennel, Ferula communis, Thphr. HP 1.2.7, Dsc. 3.77, etc.; κλέψας . . πυρὸς τηλέσκοπον αὐγὴν ἐν κοίλῳ ν., of Prometheus, Hes. Th. 567, cf. Op. 52; of the stalk used as a θύρσος, E. Ba. 147 (lyr.), al.; as a schoolmasterʼs cane, X. Cyr. 2.3.20, cf. Arist. Pr. 948a10; as a splint for a broken limb, Hp. Off. 12, Gal. 10.437; single-stick for military exercises, Onos. 10.4.
    • II casket for unguents, etc., Luc. Ind. 29; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ν. διόρθωσις, of Aristotleʼs recension of Homer, carried by Alexander in a ν., Str. 13.1.27, Plu. Alex. 8.
      • 2 title of medical works by Heras, Cratippus, and Soranus, Gal. 12.398,959, Aët. 8.45.
    • III fore-court of a church, EM 597.48.

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